Celtic were crowned champions for a ninth consecutive season on Monday as the Scottish top-flight was called to a premature end due to the coronavirus crisis.

The run matches the all-time record in Scottish football with both sides of the Glasgow divide having previously won nine in a row.

A look at how the current Celtic matches up to the club’s European Cup-winning vintage of the 1960s and 1970s and the Rangers’ all-conquering side of the 1990s.

Celtic (1965-1974)

Celtic had gone 12 years without winning a league title prior to the arrival of legendary manager Jock Stein in 1965.

Stein’s time in charge is best remembered for leading the Hoops to becoming the first British side to win the European Cup in 1967, but the foundations for the ‘Lisbon Lions’ were built on getting back on top in Scotland.

“The manager’s arrival was a big thing. He turned us into a good team and it just went from there,” Bobby Lennox, one of just three players to win all nine championships between 1965 and 1974, told Celtic’s website.

Stein’s Celtic dominated domestically with an entirely home-grown team at time when a host of Scottish sides were challenging for European honours.

The 1966-1967 season was the standout, as on top of the European Cup, Celtic completed a clean sweep of the league, Scottish Cup, League Cup and Glasgow Cup on home soil.

Rangers (1988-1997)

Rangers’ nine in a row was also preceded by a long spell of limited success with just one league title in 10 years before 1988.

That came in Graeme Souness’s first season as player-coach in 1986-1987 and soon the money spent during his reign on a number of England internationals began bearing fruit.

Souness won two more titles before leaving to take charge of Liverpool in 1991.

Celtic (2011-2020)

Celtic have cashed in on Rangers’ financial plight as their latest run of nine consecutive titles began the same season their city rivals entered administration.

As Rangers waded through the lower leagues for four seasons, Celtic cruised to another four titles despite a change of manager as Neil Lennon’s departure in 2014 saw inexperienced Norwegian Ronny Deila take charge for two seasons.

Rangers’ return to the top-flight has only seen Celtic tighten their domestic grip by winning the last 11 major trophies on offer in Scottish football.

In Brendan Rodgers’s debut season in 2016-2017, the Hoops did not even lose a single domestic match in winning the first of three trebles.

Rodgers’s move to Leicester in February last year could easily have derailed Celtic’s charge for an eighth straight title, but Lennon’s return ensured Rangers were held off again.

The circumstances this season were even more unique to overshadow what should have been a historic achievement.

Celtic held a commanding 13-point lead when the season was halted due to coronavirus in March, and were awarded the title on a points-per-game basis.